The road to freedom with Joseph Stiglitz

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz joins us to discuss how to create a fairer, freer society and the “fertile field” neoliberalism has created for demagogues.


Columbia University Professor and former World Bank Chief Economist Joseph E Stiglitz joins Ebony Bennet on this episode of Follow the Money to discuss inequality and the rise of Trump, Australia’s “environmental deficit” and his new book, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society.


This discussion was recorded on Tuesday 13 August 2024 and things may have changed since recording.


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Guest: Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist // @JosephEStiglitz (https://x.com/JosephEStiglitz)


Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett (  / ebony_bennett  )


Theme music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions


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